As soon as the light went out, Zhao Shu threw the lantern aside and hid in the holly bushes by the roadside under the moonlight. However, the holly bushes had just been trimmed and could not hide a person at all, especially since she was wearing a moon-white dress embroidered with cloud patterns and dew-covered lilies.
She regretted it as soon as she hid in the holly bush. It was the first time she had encountered something like this, and her IQ had plummeted to the winds! She should have called for help, but it was too late; her mouth was covered.
Someone covered her mouth from behind, holding her tightly. She reached out to pry it open and touched the hand covering her mouth. It was a large, wide hand, belonging to a man.
She struggled and whimpered, repeatedly ramming her elbows against the person behind her. "Ah!" she groaned, seemingly in great pain. Encouraged, Zhao Shu increased the force of her elbows and continued to ram them.
The hand covering her mouth tightened, "Do you want to kill me?" the person suddenly whispered in his ear.
Zhao Shu's constantly waving arms paused. The voice sounded so familiar. Before she could react, she was lifted up by those large hands and moved quickly. With a "plop," the two of them fell into the lake next to them.
The lake at Sendai-in Temple is fed by fresh water from the moat. It is quite deep, with a water level of about two meters. Zhao Shu was too short, and when she fell into the lake, she swallowed several mouthfuls of water.
Fortunately, she had learned to swim, so she quickly held her breath and struggled to climb up, but she was too weak and was held down by those hands, who dragged her away to who knows where.
Human potential is limitless, especially when it comes to survival. At this moment, her strength was extraordinary. She kicked with both hands and feet, trying to break free from those hands.
The man with those hands clearly couldn't swim; he struggled in the water for a long time but didn't get very far, especially since the water was pitch black.
Suddenly, Zhao Shu felt a sharp pain in her arm, as if she had been cut by something. But at this moment, she didn't care about that. Escaping was the priority. Before she could escape from the man's grasp, Little Fatty's voice came from the shore, "Young master, young master, the man is gone."
Little Fatty barked a few times, and Zhao Shu felt herself being lifted and pushed to the shore by those hands. She instinctively clung to the lake shore, poked her head out, and gasped for air.
"Were you an ox in your past life? You're so strong, I almost got kicked to death by you." Huo Baichuan poked his head out and the first thing he did was lash out at Zhao Shu.
“Princess, let me pull you up.” Little Fatty reached out his hand to Zhao Shu.
Just then, an arrow suddenly shot out from nowhere, heading straight for Zhao Shu's forehead. Little Fatty grabbed a drooping willow branch and swept it away, deflecting the arrow. At the same time, five or six men in black leaped down from the roof.
"Hmph, you dare to come back? Young master, you should hide first." The chubby boy's face was solemn. He drew a dagger from his waist and stood in front of Zhao Shu and Huo Baichuan.
Huo Baichuan grunted, pulled an arrow from his arm, and pulled Zhao Shu to hide in the water.
Zhao Shu watched as he effortlessly pulled the arrow from his arm. Turning her head to look at her own arm, she saw that it was indeed cut. She hadn't felt anything before, but after pouring cold water into the wound, it was now burning with pain.
In the blink of an eye, Zhao Shu and Huo Baichuan were completely submerged in the lake. Huo Baichuan couldn't swim, so Zhao Shu had no choice but to lead him to the middle of the lake. There were wooden stakes in the middle of the lake, and the two of them held onto the stakes and breathed in some fresh air. Huo Baichuan picked two lotus leaves and covered Zhao Shu with them before continuing to swim.
Although Sendai-in's lake was quite large compared to the lakes in other mansions, it was still an artificial lake. After a bumpy and uneven journey, they reached the other side of the lake in about fifteen minutes. Huo Baichuan lifted Zhao Shu up and pushed her ashore. "Little Princess, run for your life!" he said in a low voice.
"Do you think I'm stupid, going to walk alone?" Zhao Shu said irritably.
Huo Baichuan looked at her as if she were an idiot. He climbed out of the lake, took off his coat and threw it into the lake. Dripping water all over himself, he calmly walked behind the artificial hill.
Zhao Shu naturally couldn't take off her clothes, so she covered her upper body with lotus leaves. Although it wasn't very effective, it at least concealed her. Her body was soaking wet and dripping water. Following Huo Baichuan's footsteps, she also hid behind the artificial hill.
Upon arriving at the artificial hill, they saw that Huo Baichuan had already taken off his clothes, revealing his arms and eight-pack abs. He was holding his wet undershirt in his hand, constantly wiping it against the mud on the ground.
"What are you standing there for? If you don't want to die, take off your clothes. You're so stupid to try to play tricks on others. You're just asking for trouble." He glanced at Zhao Shu and continued to wipe the mud off the ground with his undergarments.
When Zhao Shu saw Huo Baichuan shirtless, her face immediately turned red. Although she had seen all kinds of handsome men in modern times, well, this was the first time she had ever seen an adult man shirtless in front of her in real life.
"Oh." Huo Baichuan said irritably. She responded with an "oh" and then fell silent. Although she was a person who had received a modern education, she was still a very traditional woman at heart. Asking her to take off her clothes in front of a man was really asking too much, even if it was just taking off her top.
Seeing that she didn't react, Huo Baichuan pulled her over. Caught off guard, Zhao Shu bumped into Huo Baichuan's chest. Before she could smell the legendary man's scent, Huo Baichuan hugged her, and she was shocked.
However, Huo Baichuan was too fast. By the time Zhao Shu reacted, he had already used her as a rolling pin to roll up the dirt on the ground.
He rolled around on the ground a few times, then said, "Alright, catch up." After seeing Zhao Shu, he stood up and walked away with a flourish.
Zhao Shu: ...If it weren't nighttime, I would have seen her face turn green. Where the hell is Xiao Guozi?!
They got up and followed behind Huo Baichuan, deliberately choosing places where the moonlight couldn't reach. On the other side of the lake, Little Fatty was still locked in a fierce battle with several men in black.
After walking for a while, Huo Baichuan looked up, pointed to the observation deck, and said, "Go there."
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